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There are a lot of people who own out of state Section 8 rental properties. Not all of them are smart. In fact, there is an alarming amount of out of state investors who don't have any idea what they are doing when it comes do investing in Section 8 housing. Don't be that guy. Don't be the guy who owns an out of state rental property and screws the whole thing up. Reach out to HoltonWise and we'll make sure you don't f*ck up your Section 8 investment.

Negotiating with stubborn sellers isn't as hard as you'd think. Believe it or not, stubborn sellers who overprice their properties are the easiest people to get to accept a low ball offer. When they overprice their properties they trick themselves into thinking nobody will ever buy it. When that low ball offer finally comes, they think it's the only one they are going to get and they are usually interested in accepting it. Funny thing is, if they lowered their listing price in the first place they would have probably got a ton of offers that were much higher than the low ball one that they accepted. Their loss is your gain. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV for more real estate investing tips.

Buying properties where the previous landlord kept the rent too low is a great opportunity. When the previous owner didn't raise the rent with the rest of the market it creates an opportunity for new investors to come in, buy the property at a discount, raise the rent and add value. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn how you can create a ton of value by investing in undervalued real estate in Birmingham, Alabama.

In some Detroit neighborhoods you're gonna get cooked if you don't have Section 8 tenants. In D & F neighborhoods in Detroit you need the government guaranteed rent or you're gonna be doing eviction after eviction. In other neighborhoods the price points are too expensive to make any money renting our your home because the owner occupants are the ones driving the neighborhood's housing values. Right in the middle of all of this are your C-Class neighborhoods. C-Class neighborhoods in Detroit, Michigan are a great mix of affordability, cash flow and risk. C-Class neighborhoods in Detroit allow you to target tenants who pay with cash as well as those who have Section 8 vouchers. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn everything you need to know about investing in Section 8 housing in Detroit, Michigan.

Do you hate your job? You aren't alone. Millions of people are stuck working a job that they hate because they were never taught the tools to creating independent wealth. You don't have to work a crappy 9 to 5 job that you hate when you know how to make your own money. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn how anyone can create independent wealth through real estate investing.

Buying rental properties from distressed sellers and tired landlords in Cleveland, Ohio is a great way to make money. Ya see, Cleveland has tons of failed out of state investors all over the place. Most of these out of state investors are as incompetent at running rental properties as the Cleveland Browns are at handling quarterbacks like Shedeur Sanders. With all of these out of state investors failing, comes great opportunity for the investors who know what they are doing. 

Our friends over at Pb Free Ohio can help you stop squatters from breaking into your Cleveland rental properties. Don't leave your Cleveland rental property unprotected while you're doing your lead paint renovations. Contact Pb Free Ohio for a squatter stopping security system installation.

The city of Cleveland is becoming a nuisance. With neighboring suburbs offering better properties, lower crime, higher rents, and more landlord friendly laws, I think it's time for investors to move their investment holdings out of Cleveland, Ohio and into the suburbs.

Obviously I love raising the rent on my tenants. Making more money is always to goal for a landlord. Thing is, raising the rent doesn't always mean the landlord makes more money. If you raise the rent too aggressively you may actually end up losing money.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is just the latest in a string of terrible woke politicians in New York. Woke New York is the worst city for landlords. Woke culture has made being a New York landlord a living hell. From insane landlord tenant laws like rent control, to endless eviction moratoriums, to ridiculous tax rates, the NYC real estate market is the worst market in the USA for landlords. Because of how terrible the landlord harassment is in New York, many NYC property owners have started investing their money in real estate out of state. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn where many NYC landlords have been going to avoid the anti landlord landscape of America's worst city for landlords.

Don't fall for the tenant occupied trap. Many investors, especially new investors, get hoodwinked into thinking that properties need to have tenants living in them before they buy them. This is not true. In fact, having existing tenants in a property can sometimes be a bad thing. Sometimes you may end up paying a premium price to buy the seller's problems. Placing and screening your own tenants is almost always the better choice. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV for more real estate investing tips like this one.

There are a lot of great Section 8 properties in Detroit, Michigan. You can make a ton of money investing in Section 8 properties in Detroit, Michigan. However, you can lose a lot of money investing in the wrong properties in Detroit. Additionally, you can lose a lot of money investing in the right properties for the wrong price. Don't get yourself emotionally involved when you're bidding on properties. Run your numbers and stick to them. If the seller won't accept the price that makes you money, move on to the next one. Detroit has no shortage of low income housing for you to buy. Never overpay. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn everything you need to know about investing in Section 8 housing in Detroit, Michigan.

You can make a ton of money investing in Section 8 properties in Detroit, Michigan. However, you can lose a lot of money investing in the wrong properties in Detroit. Detroit is a very block by block city. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn everything you need to know about investing in Section 8 housing in Detroit, Michigan.

Tenant screening for small apartments can be very tricky. There are a lot of hidden risks associated with small apartments that don't have any bedrooms. Ya see a small apartment is the cheapest type of apartment you can rent, so small apartments have a tendency to attract the most undesirable tenants because they can't afford anything else. If you aren't careful with your tenant screening you'll be doing tons of evictions because you filled up your building up with addicts, transients, abusers, criminals and more. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn more about multi family tenant screening.

You can't give your Section 8 tenants carpet. Section 8 tenants are too dirty for carpet. If you put carpet in your Section 8 houses you'll be spending thousands of dollars at every tenant turnover. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV for more tips on investing in Section 8 rental properties.

Cleveland is a neighborhood by neighborhood city. When you are investing in Cleveland real estate you need to know where the neighborhood you are investing is at, and possibly more importantly, where it's going in the future.

Do you want the real story on eviction day? Ask the neighbor. Neighbors love spilling the tea on eviction day.

You want to make your Section 8 properties desirable. However, you don't want to spend more money on them than you need to. Many Section 8 properties are going to have a fairly low after repair value due to the neighborhood they are located in. If you spend too much money you could end up underwater on your Section 8 rental properties.

You don't always need to have cash to do BRRRR Strategy deals. In fact, BRRRR Strategy deals are pretty easy to finance using a variety of resources. No interest loans and cash advances from credit card companies is an often overlooked financing strategy. You can't buy a property with a credit card, but you can easily float repairs with a credit card using 0% promotional rates. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV for more tips on making money using the BRRRR Strategy in the best cash flow markets in the USA.

You've got to be extra careful when you are doing tenant screening for studio apartments. Given the fact that it's the cheapest type of apartment you can rent, studio apartments have a tendency to attract the most undesirable tenants out there. When you're doing tenant screening for an apartment building that has studio units you've got to be extra careful. If you get the wrong tenant in there, it could not only screw you up for collecting the rent on that unit, but can affect your ability to collect the rent at your other units in the building as well. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn more about multi family tenant screening.

You want to make your Section 8 properties desirable. However, you don't want to spend too much money on them. Many Section 8 properties are going to have a fairly low after repair value due to the neighborhood they are located in. If you spend too much money you could end up underwater on your Section 8 investment.

You really work up an appetite when you're driving for dollars around the most profitable Section 8 neighborhoods in the USA. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to follow along with us as we renovate crack houses and turn them into cash flowing Section 8 rental properties for out of state investors all over the world.

Sometimes collecting $800 in rent is better than collecting $1,000 in rent. It's not always about the highest amount of rent. It's about collecting the highest amount of profit. If collecting $1,000 in rent cost you way more money than collecting $800 does because of increased tenant turnover costs, you might actually be leaving more profit on the table.

Whether or not to raise the rent on long term tenants is always a topic for debate. Some investors always want to raise the rent. Others want to keep good tenants in place so they don't have to deal with tenant turnovers and evictions. What about an extreme case of a tenant who's lived in the house for 45 years. Should you raise the rent on a tenant who's lived in the house for 45 years? Yes, but not too much. You have to keep up with the market rates, but you don't want to create an unnecessary turnover. Increasing the rent to just below market can give you the best of both worlds.

Thinking you have to have tenants in your turnkey property before you buy it is a trap. Buying a vacant property gives you a much better chance of success as you can make sure your tenants are screened to your tenant screening standards. 

Portland, Oregon has the dumbest landlord tenant laws in the USA. Landlords who evict tenants in Portland are forced to pay for relocation assistance for their former tenants. If this woke insanity makes you want to stop investing your money in rental properties in Portland, you may want to look at other investment options. One of those options is a Stairway Loan Account that pays you an 8% interest rate. Call Stairway Invest to learn more.

Do people live in Cleveland because they want too? Or, do people live in Cleveland because they can't afford to live anywhere else? As an investor, you need to know the answer to this question. There are many neighborhoods in Cleveland, Ohio where the tenants are only living there because they can't afford to live anywhere else. However, there are a select few Cleveland neighborhoods that have a nice draw to them and the tenants who live there choose to do so because the neighborhood is offering them something other than available Section 8 housing. If you want to make a lot of money investing in Cleveland real estate, if you want to see the biggest annual rent increases, if you want to get more stable tenants, you need to know which neighborhoods are which. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn everything you can about the different types of neighborhoods in Cleveland, Ohio.

If you are an out of state investor you don't have to pay a home inspector to tell you everything that is wrong with a property you are thinking about buying. There are usually clues all over the property listing that will tell you what's wrong with the property. Even water damage can be spotted from a mile away if you know what you're looking for. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn how you can assess repairs just by looking at a property's photos on Zillow.

Using the same money over and over with the BRRRR Strategy is how I became a millionaire. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn how you can do the same.

The city of Cleveland is becoming a nuisance. With neighboring cities like Garfield Heights offering better properties, lower crime, higher rents, and more landlord friendly laws, I think it's time for investors to move their investment holdings out of Cleveland, Ohio and into Garfield Heights, Ohio.

The local government hates you if you're an out of state investor who owns rental properties in Cleveland, Ohio. With many laws in place to target out of state investors like you, working with the city of Cleveland to make sure your rental properties comply with local laws is extremely difficult if you don't have a local team working on your behalf. One of the biggest anti investor laws is the Cleveland rental property lead certification process. Luckily we make complying with the anti investor Cleveland lead laws easy for out of state investors due to our partnership with Pb Free Ohio. Pb Free Ohio is the number 1 resource for Cleveland investors who need lead certifications on their rental properties. Pb Free will handle all of the government b/s on your behalf so you can focus on doing what you do best, collecting rent.

We're driving for dollars in this Section 8 neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. Follow along with us as we dodge Nazis on our way to make tons of money at the crack house.

Buying a vacant property gives you the best chance to get the best tenants. When you buy a property that already has tenants in place you don't know what you're getting. Anytime you don't put the tenants through your screening process, you're going to increase the chance of having a tenant from hell living in your property. This can lead to unpaid rent, evictions, and damages. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV for more tenant selection tips.

Buying properties from distressed sellers and tired landlords is a great way to make money. There are tons of distressed sellers and tired landlords in Cleveland, Ohio. It's not that Cleveland is inherently worse than other cities in regards to the types of tenants that live there. But there are a ton of failed landlords in Cleveland. Why is this? It's because these investors are usually from out of state and they don't know any better. They aren't trying to screw it up, but they don't know how to properly run a Cleveland rental property. Just like the Browns are screwing things up with how they are handling Shedeur Sanders, Cleveland landlords are screwing things up with how they are handling their tenants and rental investments. 

Not having enough money to get started is one of the biggest hurdles new investors face. For some, they hit a brick wall and give up on their dreams of becoming real estate investors. For others, they get creative with how they use financing and they buy properties despite not having a ton of money. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn how you can utilize seller financing to make millions in the real estate business.

What do you think about this Cleveland crack house? Should we buy this crack house and fix it up for Section 8 tenants?

Do you want to buy Section 8 apartment buildings in Cleveland, Ohio? How does collecting $5,500/mo in government guaranteed Section 8 rent sound? How does buying these properties without using traditional lenders sound? How does getting low money down seller financed mortgages sound? Become a HoltonWiseTV VIP PLUS Member to get access to seller financed apartment deals in Cleveland, Ohio.

Canada has a ban on foreign home buyers. Tune in to the 65th episode of The Ask James Wise Show on HoltonWiseTV to find out if the USA is going to copy Canada's controversial housing policy and ban foreign home buyers from buying homes in the United States of America.

If you don't have your landlord's rent money, you gotta get the F out of his house. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV's Tenants From Hell Show on YouTube to see this entire eviction caught on tape.

It's very common to see a bunch of old hot water tanks in the basement of houses in Toledo, Ohio. Ya see, hot water tanks are heavy, and many Toledo slumlords are too cheap to pay for them to be removed. They just leave them down there for the next guy. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV for more insider tips on investing in Section 8 rental properties in the Toledo real estate market.

Cleveland, Ohio is one has one of the top medical industries in the country. Renting midterm rentals out on Airbnb to traveling health care workers is a great way to capitalize on Cleveland's bustling medical industry. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn more about all of the ways you can make money investing in the best cash flow markets in the USA.

This one time I had this stupid Section 8 tenant set his neighbor's car on fire because he owed him $20. This wouldn't have happened to me if I would have just invested my money in a Stairway Loan Account that pays me an 8% interest rate. If you are tired of dealing with problem tenants, call Stairway Invest to learn more about earning money through a Stairway Loan Account.

If you don't have your rent money, you gotta get the F out of the house. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV's Tenants From Hell Show on YouTube to see this entire eviction caught on tape.

The side of the railroad tracks that you're on really matters, especially in Cleveland, Ohio. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn how to invest in the neighborhoods where you'll get the highest housing values in the city of Cleveland.

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To get the best mortgage terms, you're going to need to buy the best properties. Lenders base their terms on risk. If you're buying high risk assets and expecting lenders to shoulder all of that risk, you're in for a rude awakening. There are ways to get great mortgage terms in 2025, but you're going to need to buy higher quality properties. For more information on getting the best mortgage terms while you're investing in the best real estate markets in the USA, reach out to our friends over at Rent To Retirement. Rent To Retirement specializes in helping out of state investors analyze and invest in the fastest growing housing markets across the USA.

Don't have the rent money? Get the F out. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV's Tenants From Hell Show on YouTube to see this entire eviction caught on tape.

How does collecting $5,500/mo in government guaranteed Section 8 rent sound? Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn more about this Cleveland 4-plex.

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Buying turnkey properties that already have tenants living in them is overrated. Oftentimes buying a vacant turnkey house is better than a turnkey house that has tenants. When you get your turnkey properties vacant you get to place your own tenants using your own tenant screening process. This reduces your chance of inheriting a problem tenant who was placed in the home by a property manager who used subpar tenant screening practices. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV for more tips on investing in turnkey properties in the best cash flow markets in the USA.